{"id":27205,"date":"2022-02-11T10:48:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T13:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=27205"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:22:52","slug":"us-trade-union-calls-for-investigation-into-suncity-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/us-trade-union-calls-for-investigation-into-suncity-group","title":{"rendered":"US trade union calls for investigation into SunCity Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The International Union of Operational Engineers has called for a US federal investigation into junket operator SunCity Group and its link with US gaming companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- A US union, the International Union of Operational Engineers Local 501, has called for an investigation into junket operator SunCity Group and the links it had with US gaming operators. In letters to several US federal authorities, Local 501 highlighted public disclosures about Suncity Group and its owner, Alvin Chau Cheok Wa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last November,\u00a0Alvin Chau Cheok Wa<\/a>, CEO of Suncity Group Holdings, was arrested over cross-border gambling and money laundering accusations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local 501 also noted that regulators in the Australian state of New South Wales had previously cited information from a U.S. government report linking Chau to organised crime, pointing to an incident in which local casino officials found $5.6m in cash at the SunCity high roller.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The union stated: “Concerns over Chau\u2019s SunCity operations have geopolitical concern for US authorities.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It added: \u201cIn 2016, testimony from Philippines Senate proceedings revealed that\u00a0a Chau-controlled SunCity VIP room received tens of millions of dollars stolen in the infamous $81m heist<\/strong>\u00a0from the Bangladesh Central Bank account held at the New York Federal Reserve.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“North Korean state-sponsored hackers reportedly orchestrated the theft. Public reporting also recently uncovered a major joint venture between Alvin Chau and China\u2019s largest state-run conglomerate, CITIC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese findings should alarm U.S. officials. Multiple U.S.-based casino licensees with overseas operations have for years collaborated extensively with Chau\u2019s SunCity Group to bring high roller gamblers to their properties and accommodate exclusive SunCity-branded VIP rooms inside their casinos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also:<\/strong> Woman receives jail sentence in Suncity investigation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The International Union of Operational Engineers has called for a US federal investigation into junket operator SunCity Group and its link with US gaming companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A US union has called for a federal investigation into Macau junket operator SunCity Group and its historical links with US gaming companies. This follows the arrest of SunCity's CEO, Alvin Chau, on money laundering and cross-border gambling charges, alongside allegations of ties to organized crime and involvement in the Bangladesh Central Bank heist, raising significant geopolitical concerns for US authorities and industry stakeholders.","focusai_entities":"International Union of Operational Engineers Local 501, SunCity Group, Alvin Chau Cheok Wa, CITIC, Bangladesh Central Bank","focusai_location":"US, Macau, Australia, New South Wales, Philippines, New York, China, Bangladesh","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.97), operator_casino (0.92), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.93), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"US Operator Exposure","query":"What is the potential financial and reputational exposure for US-based casino licensees that collaborated with SunCity Group, particularly concerning historical high-roller VIP room operations?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Gaps","query":"How might this investigation influence the evolution of cross-border regulatory compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) frameworks for international gaming operations, especially regarding junket due diligence?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[23702],"class_list":["post-27205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-suncity-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27205"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27213,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27205\/revisions\/27213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}